Duke Student Wellness Center

Duke has the most overpriced student health insurance one could possibly imagine. Almost $4K per year added to my duke bill for a healthy 20 year old. Duke prohibits international students from waiving that nonsense plan.

Duke Student Wellness Center itself is fine. The reason for the 3 stars is be sure to arrive like an hour before if you need parking. They have 3 designated spots that are ALWAYS full. They'll direct you to the Bryan Center (which is a paid for lot and is also ALWAYS full). I ended up parking off campus and walking over a mile (to avoid Duke's exorbitant/predatory parking tickets of $100+). Duke needs to figure out how to provide appropriate access to medical resources and they should start with their HORRENDOUS parking situation.

Nice building but poorly maintained. it seems that they never vacuum the floor. can see dust and hairs everywhere on the floor. Some people working at here are extremely careless, there were one time the nurse even forgot to put on the one-time use cover on to the thermometer probe before put it in the mouth. AND then put the probe back without even sanitize it after the incident, almost like pretend the incident never happens.

I visited the wellness center after coming down with a serious virus. The staff was extremely kind and accommodating, even going so far as to find me a ride back to my dorm after my visit. I was very impressed with the attention I received and was feeling much better after my visit.

The people are super responsive and nice, but is hard to get a timely appointment.